Alternate F1 - The Hydrogen Era - 2024 Season

[Klon]

Waiting List:
FalconCapelli

Formula One Price Tables:

Link in case table does not work properly for you.

Formula One Rules:
Can be found here! (Please make sure to read them at your earliest convenience)

Current World Championship Standings:
Coming soon...

Former World Championship Results:
Here!

Opening Budgets:
+ Andretti (miguel98) - €139,000,000
+ Aston Martin (Forti) - €170,000,000
+ Audi (Hermann) - €153,000,000
+ Caterham (kevinbotz) - €286,500,000
+ DARE (Salamander) - €170,000,000
+ Ferrari (Pasta) - €214,500,000
+ Loonmotor (frogfoot) - €143,500,000
+ McEwan (aislabie) - €148,000,000
+ MRT (CaptainGetz) - €170,000,000
+ Red Bull (pinkd56) - €185,000,000
+ ROOKIE Racing (RealRacingRoots) - €201,000,000
+ Toyota (Reject_Dom) - €181,500,000
+ Williams (Gertrand Bachot) - €191,500,000

[Klon]

2024 Formula One Season Preview - Diamonds

The development of fuel cell technology is driven to new heights by Formula One and ahead of the 2024 seasons, we have five manufacturers and thirteen teams creating masterpieces of engineering that shine bright like a diamond. Despite their amazing efforts, only one driver and constructor can win the coveted world championship. The 74th season of Formula One is set to produce major excitement. Who will come out on top in this breathtaking and amazing clash of man and machinery?

Rule Changes:
- The standard transmission produced by Ferrari has been replaced by a three-speed transmission produced by Bosch on a long-term contract.
- The practice sessions have been shortened to an hour.
- The starting times for qualifying and the race have been moved. The special starting time exemption for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been formalized, allowing other Grands Prix to start around the time of sunset.
- If a car has less than the equivalent of half a lap of remaining energy while crossing the line or fails to do so because it ran out of energy, the driver is assigned a three-place grid penalty for the next Grand Prix.
- If a race is abandoned after at least four laps but no more than 33% of the scheduled distance has been ran, the points awarded are divided by five instead of two.

Season Calendar:
Qantas New Zealand International Grand Prix - Taupo International Motorsport Park - 21 January (56 Laps)
Toyota Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain International Circuit - 10 March (35 Laps)
Cargolux Indian Grand Prix - Madras Motor Race Track - 17 March (50 Laps)
Marlboro Pilipinas Grand Prix - Zhuhai International Circuit - 31 March (43 Laps)
Gran Premio Bridgestone de la República Argentina - Autódromo Roberto José Mouras - 14 April (44 Laps)
Johnnie Walker Grand Prix of Belgium - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - 28 April (27 Laps)
Cyta Cyprus Grand Prix - Akrotiri Bay International Circuit - 12 May (33 Laps)
Globex Venezuela Grand Prix - Globex Autódromo de San Carlos - 26 May (45 Laps)
F1 Manager 2024 Grand Prix du Canada - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 16 June (31 Laps)
Emirates Grand Prix de France - Circuit Paul Ricard - 30 June (32 Laps)
Cargolux British Grand Prix - Snetterton Circuit - 7 July (39 Laps)
Vodafone Magyar Nagydíj - Hungaroring - 21 July (43 Laps)
Gran Premio Cargolux d'Italia - Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello - 1 September (36 Laps)
Großer myWorld Preis von Österreich - Red Bull Ring - 15 September (42 Laps)
Qantas Singapore International Grand Prix - Marina Bay Street Circuit - 6 October (37 Laps)
Vodafone Grand Prix of Doha - Losail International Circuit - 20 October (35 Laps)
Pall Mall Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit - 27 October (34 Laps)
Grande Prêmio BRB do Brasil - Autódromo Brasília BRB - 3 November (34 Laps)
Toyota Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit - 17 November (34 Laps)

Teams and Drivers:
See our team/driver preview after the official FOSE shakedown event at Paul Ricard on January 13

[Klon]

Since all teams already have their aero departments staffed and the "hiring personnel for the season afterwards" mechanic is gone the budget of all teams has been reduced in accordance with rule §8.6 by €100,000,000.

Budgets ahead of the Lead Designer Market Phase:
+ Andretti (miguel98) - €39,000,000
+ Aston Martin (Forti) - €70,000,000
+ Audi (Hermann) - €53,000,000
+ Caterham (kevinbotz) - €186,500,000
+ DARE (Salamander) - €70,000,000
+ Ferrari (Pasta) - €114,500,000
+ Loonmotor (frogfoot) - €43,500,000
+ McEwan (aislabie) - €48,000,000
+ MRT (CaptainGetz) - €70,000,000
+ Red Bull (pinkd56) - €85,000,000
+ ROOKIE Racing (RealRacingRoots) - €101,000,000
+ Toyota (Reject_Dom) - €81,500,000
+ Williams (Gertrand Bachot) - €91,500,000

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Lead Designer Market Phase rules: here

What do I need to know?
Lead designers can only be hired now. A lead designer will apply a multiplier to your final grip. Any unemployed lead designer can be signed by a team with the team chosen by the designer decided by a RNG with the odds based on the following table:


The "rank" is determined by the following formula: last year's World Constructors Championship position/seasons of the contract offer
For Aston Martin and DARE, "last year's WCC position" is 15th.

Lead designers can be signed for up to 10 seasons and cannot be sacked during an active contract. Every 2nd season, their performance is randomly modified by the administration. The contract price is not adjusted after the performance modification.

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Sponsor Market Phase rules: here

What do I need to know? (Part 1)
Only customer teams need to read this part, works teams can skip to the second part
At the start of each season, you get to pick a technical partner and a title sponsor. The technical partner will provide a benefit and either €60,000,000 (if a team finished 10th or lower last season), €40,000,000 (5th-9th last season and salamander + forti) or €20,000,000 (1st-4th last season).

The title sponsor offers €15,000,000 if you hire a racing driver or four sim drivers from the chosen target region for the season. The target regions are found in the spreadsheet. If there is something unclear, just ask me what region applies to which driver.

Sponsors are picked in the following order:
a) Teams picking sponsors they had last season (only relevant for title sponsors this year)
b) New users
c) Reverse WCC order


What do I need to know? (Part 1)
Only works teams need to read this part, customer teams can skip to the end

Works team can request manufacturer support if they have an open racing driver slot and finished 5th or lower in the WCC last season. Picking that option means you get €70,000,000, but can't make any offers during the driver market phase and must hire a driver for a contract of €12,500,000/year for three years. That driver cannot be fired or demoted. As long as you have that driver under contract you cannot ask for manufacturer support again.


Link in case table does not work properly for you. Please ignore the "Current Sponsors" tab, it is only there as a memory aid for me.

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After reading through that, you will now be asked to fill out the following until October 9, 8:30 p.m. CET. Feel free to contact me if anything is unclear!:

Code: Select all

User: 
Team Name: Obvious
Team Nationality: Only needed if you change your teams identity
Team Principal: Please state who is the head of your team in-character and their nationality, for established teams this is only necessary if anything is supposed to change

Lead Designer Offer #1: See the table in the opening post for names and prices, only needed for teams without a lead designer.
Contract Length Offer #1: Up to 10 years

Lead Designer Offer #2: 
Contract Length Offer #2:

Lead Designer Offer #3:
Contract Length Offer #3: 

Lead Designer Offer #4:
Contract Length Offer #4:

Technical Partner Choice #1:
** Repeat as often as you feel is necessary **

Title Sponsor Choice #1:
** Repeat as often as you feel is necessary **

[Forti]

User: Forti
Team Name: Aston Martin F1 Team
Team Nationality: British (no change from Dawson GP)
Team Principal: Otmar Szafnauer
(I found no sources suggesting that he is employed elsewhere in canon, so he was nominated)

Lead Designer Offer #1: Florencia Russo, €22,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #1: 5 years

Lead Designer Offer #2: Andrea Adamo, €20,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #2: 5 years

Lead Designer Offer #3: Mike Koenigs, €20,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #3: 5 years

Lead Designer Offer #4: Pascal Vasselon, €18,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #4: 5 years

Technical Partner Choice #1:
Precision

Technical Partner Choice #2:
Continental

Technical Partner Choice #3:
Chunghwa

Title Sponsor Choice #1:
Konami

Title Sponsor Choice #2:
Santander

Title Sponsor Choice #3:
Bacchus (Aston Martin-specified equivalent of ASPARADRINK)

Title Sponsor Choice #4:
Etihad Airways

[Hermann95]

User: Hermann95
Team Name: Audi F1 Team
Team Nationality: German
Team Principal: Andreas Seidl (unchanged)

Audi would also like to ask for manufacturer support.

[Salamander]

User: Saladmander
Team Name: Davies-Alpine Racing Enterprises
Team Nationality: French (already stated on the wiki but just for the sake of clarity)
Team Principal: James James Davies (British)

Technical Partner Choice #1:
Eibach

Title Sponsor Choice #1:
Sanofi

Title Sponsor Choice #2:
Wall's

Title Sponsor Choice #3:
Emporio Armani

[Miguel98]

User: Miguel98
Team Name: AndrettiF1
Team Nationality: USA
Team Principal: Michael Andretti (he's gonna actually take over now)

Lead Designer Offer #1: See the table in the opening post for names and prices, only needed for teams without a lead designer.
Contract Length Offer #1: Up to 10 years

Technical Partner Choice #1: Marlboro

Technical Partner Choice #2: West

Technical Partner Choice #3: Pall Mall

Technical Partner Choice #4: PIAA

Title Sponsor Choice #1: WebexOne
Title Sponsor Choice #2: LATAM

[RealRacingRoots]

User: RealRacingRoots
Team Name: ROOKIE Racing
Team Principal: Morizo

Technical Partner Choice #1: DENSO TEN

Title Sponsor Choice #1: ASPARADRINK

Title Sponsor Choice #2: Sanofi

Title Sponsor Choice #3: WebexOne

[Gertrand Bachot]

User: GB
Team Name: Williams
Team Principal: Jacques Villeneuve

Technical Partner Choice #1:
Hitachi

Technical Partner Choice #2:
Continental

Technical Partner Choice #3:
Schaeffler

Title Sponsor Choice #1:
LATAM

Title Sponsor Choice #2:
Etihad Airways

Title Sponsor Choice #3:
Santander

[kevinbotz]

User: kevinbotz
Team Name: Caterham F1 Team
Team Nationality: GBR
Team Principal: Edouard Martel

[Aislabie]

User: Aislabie
Team Name: Sunbeam McEwan F1 Team
Team Nationality: British
Team Principal: Neil McEwan

Lead Designer Offer #1: Jorg Zander
Contract Length Offer #1: Under contract

Technical Partner Choice #1: Schaeffler
Technical Partner Choice #2: will edit in another one if absolutely necessary

(Related question - would it be possible to have the technical partner as a title sponsor? "Sunbeam McEwan Schaeffler" has quite a nice ring to it)
EDITED following FIA (Klon) approval

Title Sponsor Choice #1: Schaeffler (Central Europe)
Title Sponsor Choice #2: will edit in another one if absolutely necessary

Additionally, Neil McEwan has submitted paperwork (this post) to the FIA (Klon) in the hope that the 2024 chassis can officially be registered as the "Sunbeam MA10"; the registered entrant would be unchanged. He is currently waiting to hear back.

[Frogfoot9013]

User: Frogfoot9013
Team Name: Loonmotor
Team Principal: Jonkvrouw Katja Mahalia van Loon

Lead Designer Offer #1: Florencia Russo
Contract Length Offer #4: 2

Lead Designer Offer #2: Andrea Adamo
Contract Length Offer #1: 2

Lead Designer Offer #3: Nick Chester
Contract Length Offer #2: 2

Lead Designer Offer #4: Syed Ansari
Contract Length Offer #3: 2

Technical Partner Choices (in order):
DENSO TEN
Continental
Chunghwa
PIAA
Lear

Title Sponsor Choices (in order):
Wall's
Liqui Moly
Sanofi
Asseco
Santander

[pasta_maldonado]

Team: Ferrari

Lead Designer Offer #1: Andrea Adamo
Contract Length Offer #4: 2

Lead Designer Offer #2: Florencia Russo
Contract Length Offer #1: 2

Lead Designer Offer #3: Nick Chester
Contract Length Offer #2: 2

Lead Designer Offer #4: Syed Ansari
Contract Length Offer #3: 2

[CaptainGetz12]

Restructuring of leadership at MRT

Over the off-season there has been a major shuffle in leadership at Melrose Racing Team (MRT) that finished last week. Notably the founder and team manager Daniel Melrose announced on social media that he will move to an advisory role in the team. The team announced the departure of Pierre Depault as team principal, replacing him with BMW's Head of Racing Operations, Mike Krack for the 2024 season. "I am honored to be made Team Principal for MRT. I plan to make the most of this position and I am already making good partnerships within the team."

Melrose declined any requests for comment, though the icy reception with staff at the Chinese Grand Prix suggests a less-than-warm atmosphere at the team during this transition.

Rumors persist of a potential buy-out of MRT starting next season, although the team has been very quiet on any potential buyers, including a potential conversion into a full BMW works outfit. The appointing of Krack as Team Principal suggests further involvement by the car manufacturer in any case.

User: Getz
Team Name: Jooky Melrose Racing Team
Team Nationality: Germany
Team Principal: Mike Krack (LUX)

Lead Designer Offer #1: Florencia Russo, €20,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #1: 3 years

Lead Designer Offer #2: Mike Koenigs, €18,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #2: 3 years

Lead Designer Offer #3: Syed Ansari, €14,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #3: 2 years

Lead Designer Offer #4: Paolo Cantone, €12,000,000 per year
Contract Length Offer #4: 1 year

[Pinkd56]

User: Pinkd56
Team Name: Red Bull Racing
Team Nationality: Austria
Team Principal: Pierre Wache

Lead Designer Offer #1: Adrian Newey
Contract Length Offer #1: (Continuation of contract)

Technical Partner Choice #1: LEAR

Technical Partner Choice #2: PIAA

Title Sponsor Choice #1: ASPARADRINK (RED BULL)

[Klon]

(Related question - would it be possible to have the technical partner as a title sponsor? "Sunbeam McEwan Schaeffler" has quite a nice ring to it)

I don't think that should be a problem, but I will still need a "proper" title sponsor picked.

[Dom_Wings]

User: Dom_Wings
Team Name: Mevius Toyota Motorsport
Team Nationality: JPN
Team Principal: Kazuki Nakajima

Familiar face takes over as Toyota F1 team principal
It has been announced earlier this week that former Toyota F1 driver Kazuki Nakajima will be taking over the factory team's F1 effort starting with the 2024 season. The 39-year-old, who departed from Formula One after the 2021 season finale in China, will replace Hisatake Murata as team principal. Murata himself has stated that his long and successful partnership with Toyota and will continue as he moves to a special advisory role within Toyota's global motorsports programme.

Under Murata's leadership, Toyota has become a strong engine supplier following their return after a decade-long absence in 2020, with a championship title with Artem Markelov (BR Mansell - since bought out by ROOKIE Racing) in 2021. The factory team, who initially struggled with their chassis development, finished fifth in the World Constructors' Championship in 2023 (having finished 9th, 8th and 7th in 2020-22), their best result so far in the current era. It is yet to be seen how the change of team principal will affect things, but Kazuki Nakajima has told the press that it is in the best interests of Toyota to continue the upwards trajectory.

[Klon]

As we wait for ROOKIE Racing to pick their title sponsor, we will move on to the next steps.

Budgets ahead of the Motor Market Phase (the €15,000,000 for title sponsor are added once the drivers are signed):
+ Andretti (miguel98) - €76,000,000
+ Aston Martin (Forti) - €90,000,000
+ Audi (Hermann) - €103,000,000
+ Caterham (kevinbotz) - €159,500,000
+ DARE (Salamander) - €89,000,000
+ Ferrari (Pasta) - €96,500,000
+ Loonmotor (frogfoot) - €90,500,000
+ McEwan (aislabie) - €62,000,000
+ MRT (CaptainGetz) - €53,000,000
+ Red Bull (pinkd56) - €98,000,000
+ ROOKIE Racing (RealRacingRoots) - €79,000,000
+ Toyota (Reject_Dom) - €62,500,000
+ Williams (Gertrand Bachot) - €106,500,000

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Motor Market Phase rules: here

What do I need to know?
Each team that is not a works team must sign a motor contract with a works team. The motor contract must state the motor price and the duration of the contract in full seasons. Works teams have an infinite motor contract with themselves for a motor price of €0. The maximum motor price is €50,000,000. The maximum contract length of a motor contract is 15 years.

You can add clauses as you see fit. You can change the price using a clause, but bonus payments are not permitted. All motor deals must be confirmed by the user running the works team. Each engine can be used at most by five teams.
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Driver Market Phase rules: here

What do I need to know? (Part 1)
A lot. Each team must employ two racing drivers and can employ up to six sim testers. The sim testers do not provide any direct benefit, but can be used as reserves, to fulfil sponsorship obligations and to gain superlicenses. In the rules, you find the requirements for racing drivers and sim testers which are too long to explain shortly, but if you are unsure whether a driver would qualify for a superlicense, you can go ahead and ask me. For sim testers, it's a bit more simple: they must either be between 16-24 years old on January 1, 2024 or eligible for a superlicense You can use both real and fictional drivers. Fictional drivers must have their owner agree to the deal, real drivers are decided by RNG.

You can make as many offers as you want, an offer must have the contract length (up to six years), the annual wage(s) and can have additional clauses. Minimum wage for an experienced F1 driver is €4,000,000, for a race winner €6,000,000. Rookies are only able to be signed as racing drivers with a two-year rookie contract worth €1,000,000 that will pay out additional money if your team improves in the WCC in this season. Sim drivers, regardless of whether they have F1 experience or not, have a minimum wage of €2,000,000. Financial bonuses of any kind are not permitted.

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After reading through that and the rules, you will now be asked to fill out the following until October 18, 9:30 p.m. CET. Feel free to contact me if anything is unclear!:

Code: Select all

Team Name: Obvious
Motor Supplier: This and the following are only necessary if you do not have yet a valid motor contract 
Contract Length:
Annual Price: 
Additional Clauses:

Driver:
DEC Holder: Only relevant for fictional drivers
Status: Racing Driver/Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1:
Wage Contract Year #2: if necessary
Wage Contract Year #3: if necessary
Wage Contract Year #4: if necessary
Wage Contract Year #5: if necessary
Wage Contract Year #6: if necessary
Additional Clauses:

** Repeat as often as is necessary, there is no need to list drivers already under contract **

[RealRacingRoots]

ROOKIE Racing will go with Etihad Airways as their title sponsor.

[Forti]

Team Name: Aston Martin
Motor Supplier: Judd
Contract Length: 2 years
Annual Price: €35,000,000
Additional Clauses: None

Driver: Oscar Piastri
Status: Promoted to Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie driver contract bonuses - €1,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from last year in first season, €2,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from this year in 2025

Driver: Lance Stroll
Status: Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €2,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €2,000,000
Wage Contract Year #3: €2,000,000

aren't "real-life" drivers just the DECs of HWNSNBM?

[Salamander]

DARE Announces 3-year Partnership with Audi
Today, a joint press conference was held between DARE Team Principal James James Davies, Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo, as well as representatives of Audi's nascent Formula 1 effort. The question of the powerplant for the Renault quasi-works team has been the subject of much rumours and discussion in Formula One circles - certainly, there was speculation that DARE would attempt to secure Ferrari power, owing to Davies' storied success with the Italian marque. Other rumours pointed the impending collaboration with Toyota, whom Davies drove for in their debut season, back in 2020 - a year which quickly turned into something of a farewell tour for the Welshman. The partnership certainly took some members of the press corps by surprise, leading to the following quote by Davies himself:

"I'm confident in saying we did our due diligence in determining which was the right engine partner for us, going forward. We've had productive conversations with multiple manufacturers, but I have to say, I was most impressed by the progress Audi have made already, and will surely continue to make in the future. I have high hopes for our partnership - I daresay we might turn some heads sooner than you'd think."

When pressed on the usage of another OEM's engine in the back of a car funded by the Renault Group, Luca de Meo answered thusly:

"Certainly, the goal for us is to have an Alpine engine powering a DARE chassis, to many victories and championships. However, I am afraid we cannot give a concrete answer as to when that might be. Developing a competitive engine programme takes time and effort, as I'm sure our friends in Audi will tell you. The process also requires working with the FIA, and the existing teams, to ensure the situation is correct for an additional manufacturer to enter the sport - we are certainly working on this, but will take time. Not to mention, it was not so long ago that Renault supplied engines in Formula One, only to abruptly pull out - it is incumbent upon us to prove that this will not happen again."

With silly season in full swing, as well, the question of drivers for the two open DARE seats remains rife - though both Davies and de Meo declined to comment. Insiders have connected the team with Frenchman Esteban Ocon, with whom DARE's predecessor FAST won their one and only Grand Prix in 2021, en route to a 4th place finish in the Drivers' Championship that year. Rumours also suggest they are attempting to lure Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne back to the sport - a former Grand Prix winner as well, Vandoorne found himself out of F1 following the collapse of Haas at the end of 2019.

Driver bids will be posted at a later date - meanwhile, these are the engine contract details between DARE and Audi.

Team Name: Davies-Alpine Racing Enterprises
Motor Supplier: Audi
Contract Length: 3 years
Annual Price: €16,000,000
Additional Clauses: None

[Miguel98]

Team Name: Andretti
Motor Supplier: Ferrari
Conditions: The ones stipulated in the Engine Contracts sections.

Drivers: Riley Griffith and Colton Herta will fulfill their contracts.

[Klon]

aren't "real-life" drivers just the DECs of HWNSNBM?

Clever one, aren't we?

Driver: Oscar Piastri
Status: Promoted to Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie driver contract bonuses - €1,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from last year in first season, €2,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from this year in 2025

You accidentally came upon a loophole of the rookie-level contract rules. Promoted sim drivers keep their active contract instead of getting a new rookie-level contract, so Piastri is still on the final season of his €3,000,000/year contract you opted into. With that in mind, we will have the first rule change of the new season to account for this fact, which will become active after the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Old rule:

15.16) After the second season of the entry-level contract, a team may offer the driver a one-year contract with the minimum wage as defined in §15.9 and §15.10 ahead of the Driver Market Phase of the following season. If it does so, the team may match any accepted contract offer in the Driver Market Phase to retain the services of the driver. A contract offer is considered matched if it has the same total wage, a contract duration equal or shorter than the original offer and the same clauses in accordance with §15.11, unless the team owner representation declares the clause too team-specific to be matched.

Old rule:

15.16) After the second season of the entry-level contract or the final season of a contract during which a driver started his first race in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era, a team may offer the driver a one-year contract with the minimum wage as defined in §15.9 and §15.10 ahead of the Driver Market Phase of the following season. If it does so, the team may match any accepted contract offer from a different team in the Driver Market Phase to retain the services of the driver. A contract offer is considered matched if it has the same total wage, a contract duration equal or shorter than the original offer and the same clauses in accordance with §15.11, unless the team owner representation declares the clause too team-specific to be matched.

[Hermann95]

Audi would like to confirm the engine deal with DARE

[Aislabie]

Team Name: Sunbeam McEwan Schaeffler
Motor Supplier: Judd
Contract Length: 4 years
Annual Price: Can't remember, please check with Kevin
Additional Clauses: None

Driver: George Russell
Under contract

Driver: Alex Palou
Race driver
Wage Contract Year #1: 2,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: 2,500,000
Wage Contract Year #3: 3,000,000
Additional Clauses:
1. Contract can be terminated with immediate effect if the driver scores fewer than 30% of the team's points across a completed season.
2. Driver receives a 1,000,000 bonus if he records a race win in a season.

Driver: Alessandro Cicognani
Sim driver
Wage Contract Year #1: 200,000
Wage Contract Year #2: 200,000

[pasta_maldonado]

Team Name: Ferrari
Motor Supplier: Ferrari (duh)

Drivers: Victoria Desai and Alessio Lorandi will fulfill their contracts.

[Dom_Wings]

Team Name: Mevius Toyota Motorsport

First Driver
Driver: Charles Leclerc
Number: 7
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €4,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €4,500,000
Wage Contract Year #3: €5,000,000
Additional Clauses: Leclerc is allowed to leave Toyota for free if the team does not finish top 6 in the WCC at the end of each season, otherwise there will be a €5,000,000 severance fee that will be paid to Toyota.

Driver: Kevin Magnussen
Number: 20
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €3,000,000

Driver: Pascal Wehrlein
Number: 94
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €2,500,000

Second Driver
Sacha Fenestraz (race number 99) will be promoted to race driver as stipulated in his 2023 contract, posted below:
Contract Length: 2+1 year (1st season as reserve, 2nd season as race driver, 3rd season optional)
Wage Year 1: €500,000
Wage Year 2: €1,000,000
Wage Year 3: €1,500,000 (optional)
Additional Clauses: Will be paid €500,000 if his option is not exercised at the end of 2024.

Reserve Driver
Driver: André Lotterer
Status: Driver Coach
Wage Contract Year #1: €500,000

[Salamander]

Racing driver #1
Bid 1:
Driver: Esteban Ocon
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €6,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €6,000,000
Additional Clauses:
Extension clause: Can be triggered at any time before the halfway point of the season during contract year 2 - driver and team must both agree. Contract extension will be 2 years for €8,000,000 per year, and will remain subject to all other clauses as stipulated within this contract.

Full no-move clause: This contract may not be traded to any team, or terminated, without the driver's express permission, excepting in case of severe personal misconduct that damages the reputation of the team. In the event of such a case, whether or not the incident constitutes "damage to the reputation of the team" will be subject to the determination of the Team Owner Representation board.

Bid 2:
Driver: Stoffel Vandoorne
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €6,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €6,000,000
Additional Clauses:
Extension clause: Can be triggered at any time before the halfway point of the season during contract year 2 - driver and team must both agree. Contract extension will be 2 years for €8,000,000 per year, and will remain subject to all other clauses as stipulated within this contract.

Full no-move clause: This contract may not be traded to any team, or terminated, without the driver's express permission, excepting in case of severe personal misconduct that damages the reputation of the team. In the event of such a case, whether or not the incident constitutes "damage to the reputation of the team" will be subject to the determination of the Team Owner Representation board.

Bid 3:
Driver: Théo Pourchaire
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €4,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €4,000,000

Bid 4:
Driver: Pierre Gasly
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €4,000,000

Racing driver #2
Bid 1: (for the avoidance of doubt, this bid can be considered concurrent with the identical bid under 'Racing driver #1'; should Vandoorne accept this bid but Ocon decline, he will fill the 'Racing driver #1' slot, and the remaining seat should be filled by the bids following this one)
Driver: Stoffel Vandoorne
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €6,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €6,000,000
Additional Clauses:
Extension clause: Can be triggered at any time before the halfway point of the season during contract year 2 - driver and team must both agree. Contract extension will be 2 years for €8,000,000 per year, and will remain subject to all other clauses as stipulated within this contract.

Full no-move clause: This contract may not be traded to any team, or terminated, without the driver's express permission, excepting in case of severe personal misconduct that damages the reputation of the team. In the event of such a case, whether or not the incident constitutes "damage to the reputation of the team" will be subject to the determination of the Team Owner Representation board.

Bid 2:
Driver: Franco Colapinto
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus if WCC position improves from 2023 season at the conclusion of contract year 1, €2,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from contract year 1 to the conclusion of contract year 2.

Bid 3:
Driver: Yuki Tsunoda
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus if WCC position improves from 2023 season at the conclusion of contract year 1, €2,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from contract year 1 to the conclusion of contract year 2.

Bid 4:
Driver: Zhou Guanyu
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus if WCC position improves from 2023 season at the conclusion of contract year 1, €2,000,000 bonus if WCC position improved from contract year 1 to the conclusion of contract year 2.

Sim Driver
Driver: Lauren Kendrick
DEC: Salamander
Status: Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €2,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €2,000,000
Additional Clauses: Full no-move clause: This contract may not be traded to any team, or terminated, without the driver's express permission, excepting in case of severe personal misconduct that damages the reputation of the team. In the event of such a case, whether or not the incident constitutes "damage to the reputation of the team" will be subject to the determination of the Team Owner Representation board.

Official reserve driver clause: During contract year #2, should the team, through any means, be rendered without the services of either one of the team's contracted Racing Drivers, the driver will have right of first refusal on replacing the Racing Driver's duties until such a time that they can resume their role.

Promotion clause: Can be triggered at any time before the final race of the season during contract year 2 - driver and team must both agree. If the driver has already substituted for a Racing Driver as per the 'Official reserve driver' clause, the new contract will be for a Racing Driver role for 2 years for €4,000,000 per year (€6,000,000 should the driver have won a Formula One Grand Prix) - otherwise, the new contract will be an entry-level contract as defined by the FIA. The new contract will carry over the 'Full no-move' clause as stipulated in this contract, unless modified or abolished by agreement between both driver and team.

(Yes, I am aware that applying these clauses to my own DEC, who I'm only employing in a Sim Driver role, looks absolutely insane, but please trust me when I say it is all in service of The Narrative™)

[kevinbotz]

Team Name: Caterham
Motor Supplier: Judd
Drivers: Sebastian Vettel and Lando Norris will fulfill the remainder of their contracts.

Team Name: Sunbeam McEwan Schaeffler
Motor Supplier: Judd
Contract Length: 4 years
Annual Price: 35,000,000 - confirming Sunbeam engine contract as requested
Additional Clauses: None

[CaptainGetz12]

Team Name: MRT
Motor Supplier: BMW
Contract Length: Infinite
Annual Price: N/A
Additional Clauses: Works Team
- - - - - - - -
Race Driver #1

Driver: Jules Bianchi
Status: Racing Driver
Under Contract
- - - - - - - -
Race Driver #2

Driver: Esteban Ocon
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 7 Million
Year 2: 7 Million
Year 3: 8 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.
2) This contract may not be traded to any team, or terminated, without the driver's express permission, excepting in case of severe personal misconduct that damages the reputation of the team. In the event of such a case, whether or not the incident constitutes "damage to the reputation of the team" will be subject to the determination of the Team Owner.

Driver: Max Verstappen
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 6 Million
Year 2: 7 Million
Year 3: 7 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.

Driver: Pascal Wehrlein
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 6 Million
Year 2: 6 Million
Year 3: 6 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.

Driver: Alexander Albon
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 6 Million
Year 2: 6 Million
Year 3: 6 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.

[RealRacingRoots]

Team Name: ROOKIE Racing
Motor Supplier: Toyota
Contract Length: 2 Year, rolling
Annual Price: €18,000,000
Additional Clauses: Will be under contract with Toyota as long as Toyota is in F1, price will be renegotiated after every two seasons. ROOKIE Racing must run a driver from Toyota's driver program or give Toyota first rights to a RFA driver if ROOKIE Racing elects not to sign them to an RFA contract after their ELC is completed.

Driver: Sho Tsuboi
Status: Racing Driver 1
Wage Contract Year #1: €6,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €6,500,000
Wage Contract Year #3: €7,000,000
Wage Contract Year #4: €8,000,000
Additional Clauses: €250,000 bonus per podium result.

Driver: Jehan Daruvala
Status: Racing Driver 2
Contract: Entry Level Contract
Additional Clauses: If ROOKIE Racing elects not to sign them to a RFA contract after his ELC is completed, the RFA rights get transferred to the Toyota F1 team.

Driver: Kush Maini
Status: Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €2,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €2,000,000

[Hermann95]

Team Name: Audi F1 Team
Motor Supplier: Audi

Drivers: TBD, in accordance with §17.7

[Gertrand Bachot]

Team Name: Williams
Motor Supplier: our existing contract with Ferrari will continue to be fulfilled

Driver 1:

Driver: Felipe Drugovich
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie driver contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if 2024 WCC position is higher than 2023; €2,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if top 4 WCC position is achieved in 2024; bonuses also paid for 2025 though are not paid out if team's position is lower than 2024

Driver: Oliver Bearman
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie driver contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if 2024 WCC position is higher than 2023; €2,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if top 4 WCC position is achieved in 2024; bonuses also paid for 2025 though are not paid out if team's position is lower than 2024

Driver 2:

Driver: Franco Colapinto
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie driver contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if 2024 WCC position is higher than 2023; €2,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if top 4 WCC position is achieved in 2024; bonuses also paid for 2025 though are not paid out if team's position is lower than 2024

Driver: Gabriel Bortoleto
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000
Additional Clauses: Rookie driver contract bonuses: €1,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if 2024 WCC position is higher than 2023; €2,000,000 bonus for 2nd year wage if top 4 WCC position is achieved in 2024; bonuses also paid for 2025 though are not paid out if team's position is lower than 2024

[Frogfoot9013]

Team Name: Loonmotor

As no drivers are currently contracted, bids are both for lead and second driver, which of the two signed is #1 and #2 will be decided post facto.

Driver: Max Verstappen
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 5 Million
Year 2: 5 Million
Year 3: 5 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.

Driver: Beitske Visser
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 5 Million
Year 2: 5 Million
Year 3: 5 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.

Driver: Richard Verschoor
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 5 Million
Year 2: 5 Million
Year 3: 5 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season.

Driver: Robin Frijns
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 5 Million
Year 2: 5 Million
Year 3: 5 Million
Additional Clauses:
1) Team can terminate the contract with immediate effect if the driver scores less than 30% of the team's total WCC points across a completed season

Driver: Mick Schumacher
Status: Sim driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 200k

Driver: Niels Koolen
Status: Sim driver
Wage Contract Year 1: 200k

[Pinkd56]

Team Name: Red Bull
Motor Supplier: Ferrari
Contract continues.

Driver 1:

Driver: Roger Ibe
Status: Racing Driver
Contract continues.

Driver 2:
Driver: Max Verstappen
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €6,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €6,000,000
Wage Control Year #3: €6,000,000
Additional Clauses: A €10,000,000 release clause, paid to Red Bull, is available from 2025 for teams finishing in the top 4 of the championship.

Driver: Yuki Tsunoda
Status: Racing Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000



SIM driver:
Driver: Yuki Tsunoda
Status: Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000

SIM driver:
Driver: Liam Lawson
Status: Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000

SIM driver:
Driver: John-Paul Casciaro (DEC: ME!)
Status: Sim Driver
Wage Contract Year #1: €1,000,000
Wage Contract Year #2: €1,000,000

[Klon]

Budgets ahead of the Team Owner Representation Voting Phase:
+ Andretti (miguel98) - €64,000,000
+ Aston Martin (Forti) - €60,500,000
+ Audi (Hermann) - €152,500,000
+ Caterham (kevinbotz) - €159,500,000
+ DARE (Salamander) - €74,000,000
+ Ferrari (Pasta) - €86,000,000
+ Loonmotor (frogfoot) - €76,500,000
+ McEwan (aislabie) - €8,500,000
+ MRT (CaptainGetz) - €53,000,000
+ Red Bull (pinkd56) - €98,000,000
+ ROOKIE Racing (RealRacingRoots) - €67,000,000
+ Toyota (Reject_Dom) - €57,000,000
+ Williams (Gertrand Bachot) - €85,500,000

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Team Owner Representation rules: here

What do I need to know?
You can vote for up to three users that will represent your interests in various aspects. Please consider while voting that this role is best suited to active users who are good at reading and understanding rules.

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Car Development Phase rules: here

What do I need to know?
Basically, in this phase you hire aerodynamicists to build your chassis. A chassis consists of five parts. You can pick how to assign your aerodynamicists to five parts of your chassis: the front wing, the monocoque, the engine cover, ground effects and the rear wing. In the interest of fairness, the staff you (or your predecessors) paid for last season will remain active and need not be paid for again. Here is a list of the staff the teams already have.

Andretti - 55
Aston Martin - 42
Audi - 56
Caterham - 61
DARE - 61
Ferrari - 61
Loonmotor - 60
McEwan - 60
MRT - 53
Red Bull - 61
Rookie Racing - 58
Toyota - 53
Williams - 61

If you wish, you can hire additional staff for up to 16 staffers per part. A staffer costs €2,000,000 in wage per year and increases your floor by 200 points and the reliability of your car by a small bit. You can then choose your design philosophy: conservative (three RNG rolls, the median value is used to determine the base grip of the part) or aggressive (one RNG roll, the value plus twenty-five (25) is used to determine the base grip of the part).

After this step, your budget must be €0 or higher!

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After reading through that and the rules, you will now be asked to fill out the following until November 3, 8:45 p.m. CET. Feel free to contact me if anything is unclear!:

Code: Select all

Team Name: 
User: 

Team Owner Representation Vote #1:
Team Owner Representation Vote #2:
Team Owner Representation Vote #3:

Chassis designation: Optional, the wiki has presets, but you are not forced to pick a name
Design philosophy: Conservative/Aggressive 
No. of staff:
Front Wing staff: x/16
Monocoque staff: x/16
Engine Cover staff: x/16
Ground Effects staff: x/16
Rear Wing staff: x/16

[Aislabie]

Team Name: Sunbeam McEwan Schaeffler F1 Team
User: Umatbru

Team Owner Representation Vote #1: Kevinbotz (Caterham)
Team Owner Representation Vote #2: Frogfoot (Loonmotor)
Team Owner Representation Vote #3: Pasta (Ferrari)

Chassis designation: Sunbeam MA10
Design philosophy: Aggressive
No. of staff: 60
Front Wing staff: 10/16
Monocoque staff: 15/16
Engine Cover staff: 10/16
Ground Effects staff: 15/16
Rear Wing staff: 10/16

[Salamander]

Team Name: Davies-Alpine Racing Enterprises
User: Saladmander

Team Owner Representation Vote #1: kevinbotz (Caterham)
Team Owner Representation Vote #2: RealRacingRoots (ROOKIE Racing)
Team Owner Representation Vote #3: Frogfoot9013 (Loonmotor)

Chassis designation: [Will be revealed at a later date]
Design philosophy: Aggressive
No. of staff: 61
Front Wing staff: 13/16
Monocoque staff: 12/16
Engine Cover staff: 12/16
Ground Effects staff: 12/16
Rear Wing staff: 12/16


Also here have some publicocrap because why not.

Kendrick Becomes First Member of Davies-Alpine Rookie Team
A press conference today held by Formula One newcomers DARE saw the formation of their new young drivers' academy - the Davies-Alpine Rookie Team, or DART. At the conference, the inaugural member of DART was revealed to be 20-year old Brit Lauren Kendrick - whom JJD fans may recall impacted the 4-time World Champion's successful 2013 bid by landing him in legal troubles, stemming from her claims that he was her biological father. When questioned on their history, Davies brushed the subject aside, stating only that the court case was "ancient history" to him, before heavily praising Kendrick's work ethic and skill.

Kendrick's comments were more substantive, albeit just as brief, as she said:

This will be the very last time I will speak on this subject, so I will say this clearly for the record. Regardless of what was said and done in the past, I, and my family, are categorically certain that James is not my biological father.

Davies on why he felt Kendrick was the right choice:

I think in general, over the past few years, there are a lot of young drivers that have slipped through the cracks and not gotten the opportunities they deserve. When we started working on forming DART, our number one goal was identifying exactly that type of driver - to find the talent that the paddock has ignored and forgotten. And every time we compiled a list of our ideal candidates to develop, Lauren was always at the top of the list. She has an undeniable talent, a daring ferocity on the track that nobody else we considered could match. She has the drive, determination, and sheer force of will to become a World Champion - there's not a doubt in my mind about that.

Kendrick's recent career has seen quite a few stumbles - she attempted to break out internationally in 2020 in AR2.0, only for the insolvency of AutoReject to scupper her entire season. She managed to get on the FIA European Formula 3 grid for 2021, scoring 19 points and finishing 14th in the standings for ART Grand Prix, before finding herself competing in the GTC World Cup for Racing Team Sibir. Last season, Kendrick was unable to find a regular drive, and was forced to settle for following the TOCA tour through the UK, with occasional starts in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, scoring a win at Knockhill, as well as competing in the BTCC events on the Brands Hatch GP circuit - winning 2 out of 3 races.

LOL. Wonder what dirt they had on JJD to force him to hire her. No way kendrick doesn't flop harder than hawkin

k so we all know this is bs rite? they have the same eye n hair colour ffs

lmao i knew right away DARE would be a bigger shitshow than FAST XD

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A couple of days later...

Davies v Melrose, Chapter the Millionth
Yet another chapter in the storied rivalry between fellow 4-time World Drivers' Champions James James Davies and Daniel Melrose was opened yesterday, as it has been revealed that DARE, run by Davies, has officially filed for copyright infringement on one of their driver contract offers, against Melrose's own MRT. How exactly the infringement took place is unclear, but it is known that the contracts are privately viewable between the teams, as they are submitted to the FIA's Contract Recognitions Board.

In the filing, DARE alleges that MRT knowingly infringed upon a contract clause they used in two of their driver offers, stating 'the evidence is clear and incontrovertible', and displays, 'clear and wilful disregard for DARE's intellectual property'. Whether or not driver contract offers constitute infringeable content under protection of copyright law is an open discussion, especially in different countries. The filing has been made in France, where both DARE and the FIA are officially headquartered, and French copyright law - at a glance - would seem to favour DARE's case.

DARE has also released a statement on their social media accounts, detailing the outline of their case. In it, Davies goes on record to call out Melrose's "chronic unprofessionalism" and "crippling jealousy" - though it is also worth pointing out that Melrose was moved to an advisory role within his namesake team late last year, so it is questionable what personal role he may have played in the alleged incident, if any at all.

MRT are presently yet to comment.

Already with this crap? Old man JJD's just gotta keep coming back and embarrassing himself, doesn't he? It's time they put him in a retirement home already - for his sake and ours.

[Pinkd56]

Team Name: Red Bull
User: Pinkd56

Team Owner Representation Vote #1: Ferrari (Pasta)
Team Owner Representation Vote #2: AndrettiF1 (Miguel98)
Team Owner Representation Vote #3: Williams (GB)

I will be hiring 19 new staffers, at 2m each for an outlay of 38m.

Chassis designation: RB19
Design philosophy: Aggressive
No. of staff: 80
Front Wing staff: 16/16
Monocoque staff: 16/16
Engine Cover staff: 16/16
Ground Effects staff: 16/16
Rear Wing staff: 16/16

[kevinbotz]

Team Name: Caterham
User: kevinbotz

Team Owner Representation Vote #1: kevinbotz (Caterham)
Team Owner Representation Vote #2: RealRacingRoots (ROOKIE Racing)
Team Owner Representation Vote #3: Frogfoot9013 (Loonmotor)

Chassis designation: CT12
Design philosophy: Conservative
No. of staff: 80
Front Wing staff: 16/16
Monocoque staff: 16/16
Engine Cover staff: 16/16
Ground Effects staff: 16/16
Rear Wing staff: 16/16